A corpus-based multi-dimensional analysis of the linguistic features of Aviation English

IF 3.2 1区 文学 Q1 LINGUISTICS
Wen Zhao
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Abstract

Aviation English (AE), a specialized register of English, prioritizes precision, brevity and clarity to maximize aviation safety. While there has been a growing focus within the linguistics community on AE training and assessment since the release of a set of standards and recommended practices, its linguistic properties remain comparatively underexplored. Drawing upon Biber's (1988) multi-dimensional (MD) analysis framework, the present study conducted a corpus-based comparative MD analysis to investigate the multi-dimensional linguistic profile of AE vs. casual conversational English (CE) and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to extract and interpret the co-occurring linguistic features of routine AE and non-routine AE. The comparative MD analysis shows that AE exhibits more information condensation, less authorial stance and technicality, and fewer features of online information elaboration compared to CE. The EFA shows variations in the linguistic and textual composition of the two sub-registers of AE across two dimensions. Non-routine AE demonstrates a present-focused, viewpoint/intention-oriented approach, involving higher levels of integrative information flow compared to routine AE. Routine AE is characterized by a higher degree of information condensation and is marked by a planned, procedural, and intensive use of standard phraseology. Some pedagogical implications are then proposed for enhancing AE training to cultivate pilots' and air traffic controllers' language competence for precise, unambiguous communication tailored to both routine and non-routine operational contexts.

基于语料库的航空英语语言特点多维分析
航空英语(AE)是一种专门的英语语域,以精确、简洁和清晰为优先考虑,以最大限度地提高航空安全。自一系列标准和建议实践发布以来,语言学界对航空英语培训和评估的关注与日俱增,但对其语言特性的探索却相对不足。本研究借鉴 Biber(1988 年)的多维(MD)分析框架,进行了基于语料库的多维比较分析,以研究 AE 与休闲会话英语(CE)的多维语言特征,并进行了探索性因子分析(EFA),以提取和解释例行 AE 和非例行 AE 的共现语言特征。MD 比较分析表明,与 CE 相比,AE 表现出更多的信息浓缩、更少的作者立场和技术性,以及更少的在线信息阐述特征。EFA 从两个维度显示了 AE 两个子语料库在语言和文本构成方面的差异。与例行 AE 相比,非例行 AE 显示出一种以现在为中心、以观点/意图为导向的方法,涉及更高水平的整合信息流。例行 AE 的特点是信息浓缩程度较高,并以有计划、程序化和大量使用标准用语为标志。随后,我们提出了加强 AE 培训的一些教学意义,以培养飞行员和空中交通管制员的语言能力,使其能够在常规和非常规运行环境下进行精确、无歧义的交流。
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CiteScore
5.70
自引率
8.00%
发文量
41
审稿时长
62 days
期刊介绍: English For Specific Purposes is an international peer-reviewed journal that welcomes submissions from across the world. Authors are encouraged to submit articles and research/discussion notes on topics relevant to the teaching and learning of discourse for specific communities: academic, occupational, or otherwise specialized. Topics such as the following may be treated from the perspective of English for specific purposes: second language acquisition in specialized contexts, needs assessment, curriculum development and evaluation, materials preparation, discourse analysis, descriptions of specialized varieties of English.
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